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Hosted.com Addresses Rising DDoS and AI Bot Traffic Challenges for Small Businesses
Hosted.com said layered firewalls, CageFS isolation and malware detection are aimed at reducing server strain from thousands of automated requests per second.
- Hosted.com has introduced enhanced security infrastructure to mitigate rising threats from DDoS attacks and AI data-scraping bots, which frequently overwhelm servers and cause site crashes.
- AI crawlers increasingly mimic legitimate visitor behavior, often behaving "normally," making it difficult for SMEs to distinguish real traffic from harmful automation while collecting massive datasets that strain server resources.
- CageFS technology creates isolated virtual environments for each website, preventing one compromised or targeted site from affecting others sharing the same server infrastructure.
- Additional security measures include intelligent firewalls and malware detection tools that filter suspicious traffic patterns before reaching websites, maintaining performance stability during high-demand periods.
- Wayne Diamond, CEO of Hosted.com, notes that for small businesses, ensuring site availability amid automated traffic remains a critical challenge; his company integrates these tools to support entrepreneurs without requiring complex technical management.
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Anti-DDoS Firm Heaped Attacks on Brazilian ISPs
A Brazilian tech firm that specializes in protecting networks from distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks has been enabling a botnet responsible for an extended campaign of massive DDoS attacks against other network operators in Brazil, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. The firm's chief executive says the malicious activity resulted from a security breach and was likely the work of a competitor trying to tarnish his company's public image. The …
COGITO Talks… AI in small businesses: hype, hope or hard reality? - Cogito COGITO
Reading Time: 7 minutesRecorded live for the first time at the 7th Digital for SMEs (D4SME) Roundtable, this special episode is hosted by Shayne MacLachlan and Alix Philouze. Continue reading The post COGITO Talks… AI in small businesses: hype, hope or hard reality? appeared first on COGITO.
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